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  WHAT SHOULD MOVE GOD TO LOVE US?
  by Thomas Brooks
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Summary: God's love for us is rooted in His own free grace and love,
with no cause or loveliness in man.

Topics: "God's Love", "Grace"
Scripture References: Ephesians 2:8

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Thomas Brooks emphasizes that God's love and favor towards humanity is
not based on any merit or worthiness on our part, but solely on His free
grace and will. He points out that despite our unworthiness and sinful
nature, God chooses to bestow Himself upon us, highlighting the depth of
His love. The essence of divine love is rooted in God's own nature, and
the ultimate reason for His love is simply that He loves us because He
loves us.

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The free favor and love of God, the good will and pleasure

of God--is the true ground and cause of God's bestowing of

Himself as a portion upon His people. There was no cause,

nor loveliness, nor desirableness in them--which could

move God to bestow Himself upon them.

God, for the glory of His own free grace and love, has bestowed

Himself as a portion upon those who have deserved to have their

portion among devils and damned spirits--in those torments

which are endless, ceaseless, and remediless.

But what should move God to love us, who were so unworthy,

so filthy, so empty, so beggarly? The question may be resolved

in these words--He loves us because He loves us. The root

of all divine love to us, lies only in the bosom of God.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/thomas-brooks/what-should-move-god-to-love-us/
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